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The Other Boleyn Girl [2003]
starring: Yolanda Vasquez, Jared Harris, Natascha McElhone, Steven Mackintosh, Jodhi May
directed by: Phillipa Lowthorpe

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5051561026812
Format: PAL
Label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 2 Entertain Video
Region Code: 2
Release Date: October 06, 2008
Running Time: 90 minutes
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Sales Rank: 232

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Stick to the book
The novel of "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a bit of a guilty pleasure. I've re-read it many times and can see why it would make an excellent subject for dramatisation so why is it so difficult to get right? OK, so certain things may have to be altered to suit modern sensibilites. The fact that Mary was in her early teens when she started her affair with Henry wouldn't sit comfortably with your average cinema audience so I can understand that being altered.

I wanted to like this largely because I didn't like the Hollywood version. The chauvanist in me wanted to think that the BBC could do it better (it usually does after all.) Sadly, I was disapointed. The whole thing seemed colourless and lacking in the sense of drama and excitement ... Read More:

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- Was it really worth all those five stars?
After I've read the book and fell in love with it, I had to see the Hollywood film and was of course disappointed. Then I found this film here at Amazon and read the reviews claiming it was much better than the US-version. Since I've lately been watching a lot of Jane Austen adaptations from BBC I was ready to believe that it was that good. But I was sorely disappointed. Not only were the actors not much better than Scarlett & Co, the staging was very abrupt, cutting from one scene to the next without any fluency in the story. If you had not read the book, I suppose you would have been lost. Many important persons were cut out from the script, such as Cardinal Wolsey and Lady Rochford (George Boleyn's wife). I suppose making a 90 min. film from ... Read More:

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- Picture quality a major problem
I am unable to comment on the film as the second copy we ordered is on its way back to Amazon. Just a note then to warn about the picture quality which is too grainy to watch with any enjoyment.

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- bit of a waste
The success of "The other Boleyn girl," first as a book, and then as a film, is both remarkable and a testimony to our continuing fascination with the Tudor period. Even though I have a degree in history, I never minded the inaccuracies and exaggerations of the book since it worked well for what it was; an intimate and entertaining portrayle of a competitive relationship between sisters, with some sexy bits thrown in for luck. I thought it was too obviously sensationalist (the phrase "bodice-ripper" comes to mind) to be mistaken as a serious historical study, though the success of "The Da Vinci Code" shows you should never underestimate the gulibility of many people on this score. I haven't yet seen the American film, largely because I fear the subtleties ... Read More:

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- Tedious
I found this production mean and claustrophobic. The cast is great and the acting is great but i could not take it seriously. I understand the Directors intentions ( i Claudius anyone?) but it really doesn't work. The grainy texture of the film is pointless and pretentious and is probably to create distance from the viewer in order to obscure the fact that Henry's court seems only to have 7 or 8 people in it. The court lacks the bustle and business of how the court would have been.

I didn't make it to the end of this, i found it tiresome, pretentious and, well, cheap.

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